[ckan-discuss] Adding other static pages (besides About)

Thu Aug 29 18:08:54 BST 2013

Brian,

It should be pretty straightforward from the outline I've given, added
to the copious docs and the example. I don't think there is much else
that can be given that would be of use to the CKAN community, as
opposed to you personally. I think that point is where the limit of
most peoples generosity lies.

David

On 29 August 2013 17:51, Brian Lee Yung Rowe <rowe at muxspace.com> wrote:
> David,
>
> If I can get some pointers, I'm happy to have some of my staff and/or students pursue it. I have experience with Pyramid, so presumably the learning curve wouldn't be that difficult. What would be the best way to coordinate it?
>
> Warm Regards,
> Brian
>
>
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:09 PM, David Read <david.read at hackneyworkshop.com> wrote:
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> Yes that's the first bit of the task. Hacking it should be pretty easy.
>>
>> And yes it is an aim to make this job easily done from the web
>> interface. It is reasonably high on the list of features people want
>> here: https://trello.com/c/zkjFP311/50-simple-cms-extension-for-creating-custom-pages
>> and just needs a sponsor or volunteers to code it.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 29 August 2013 17:05, Brian Lee Yung Rowe <rowe at muxspace.com> wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your response. There's a lot going on in that project, but I
>>> think I see what needs to be done. It's basically overriding
>>>
>>>    def after_map(self, map):
>>>        map.connect(
>>>            'guidelines', '/guidelines',
>>>            controller='ckanext.canada.controller:CanadaController',
>>>            action='view_guidelines'
>>>        )
>>>        return map
>>>
>>> and the corresponding controller, yes? I guess the other question is whether
>>> it would be easy to hook the editing of the copy into the same screen where
>>> you can edit the contents of the About page?
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:45 AM, David Read <david.read at hackneyworkshop.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Brian,
>>>
>>> Yes you'll need to make an extension. You can probably still bits of
>>> that Canadian one. The page needs a URL (route) that points to a new
>>> controller which calls a template. Create your template in Jinja and
>>> ensure its file folder is added to the template folders.
>>>
>>> It should be pretty future proof for the foreseeable AFAIC. If you'd
>>> written this 2 years ago it would still work now on the latest CKAN.
>>>
>>> Docs: http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/writing-extensions.html
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On 29 August 2013 16:24, Brian Lee Yung Rowe <rowe at muxspace.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm a new CKAN user and would like to make some customizations to the
>>> default installation. Is there a standard way of adding additional static
>>> pages to a CKAN site? One approach I found based on data.gc.ca is to create
>>> an extension, but it wasn't clear to me how to access a view or controller
>>> that wouldn't be susceptible to breakage after a CKAN release. Any
>>> suggestions or links to documentation are appreciated.
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>> Brian Rowe
>>>
>>>
>>>
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